A SPLENDID MATCH: A RARE DAY FOR ME FOR NOT WANTING TOMORROW TO ARRIVEđ
I genuinely donât think I can handle Episode 26 đ
Look, there are MANY reasons for me NEVER to root for Ye Xian. Iâm OBVIOUSLY Team Yanyun (is there any other team, really) but thatâll be another post. I really donât think Jinzhao and Ye Xian wouldâve made a healthy couple long-term - those two sharp-tongued hotheads would slice each other open during every argument. Ye Xian once HIT Jinzhao (ugh, stupid violent manchild), he has a royal lineage and a family to be restored to their glory, meaning they would NEVER truly agree to this relationship, and it took him FAR too long to grow into someone capable of protecting the people he loves.
Also, emotionally, this man is eight years old.
Instead of actually telling Jinzhao how he feels, he spends years pulling her figurative ponytail like the little boy he is - even though she clearly understands him deep down. And thatâs the tragedy of Ye Xian: he feels everything SO deeply, but acts far too childish.
BUT.
(Gif by: @yanyuegege - wanted to make sure I was properly crediting them - looks like the tag is missing)
Oh God, he loves Jinzhao SO MUCH that itâs driving even ME insane.
He knows she cares about him. Heâs willing to grow for her. I genuinely think he was preparing to either defy his family or somehow convince them to accept the marriage.
HE HAD THE PERFECT EXCUSE, TOO: âMother, Father, I am dyinggggg đ my weak little hearttttt đ marry me to Jinzhao immediately or I shall perishhhhh.â
And yet this man waited AN ETERNITY.
Jinzhao spent THREE YEARS in mourning. THREE. She emerged from it at nineteen - practically considered a spinster by the standards of that world - and he STILL couldnât properly step forward? Couldnât woo her a little while Yanyun was literally out there sweeping her off her feet?
Iâm not even asking for grand promises he might fail to keep. Just⌠give her your heart openly for once.
UGH.
He frustrates me so much. Heâs so emotionally stunted that he gives me a headache, and yet I completely understand why Jinzhao had the smallest part for him in her heart.
Itâs just that some things simply are not meant to be.
And the worst part is that I know Ye Xian will blame everyone except himself when he learns about Jinzhaoâs marriage - Jinzhao, Yanyun, his family, the cruel world itself - when in reality, he could have fought harder. He shouldâve buried that damned pride of his, taken Jinzhaoâs hand, and forced his way into her life before it was too late.
Would it have worked?
Honestly⌠probably not.
Knowing Jinzhao, she may still have refused him. She may never have fully opened her heart to him no matter what he did. She would be right.
But then at least he wouldâve had no regrets.
Instead, heâs going to BURN with those feelings forever.
Itâs just that⌠I REALLY, REALLY do not want to watch the moment he finds out about Jinzhaoâs marriage đ














